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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Oct 3
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
1,828 head
▼ 831 vs last sale 2,659▲ 726 vs year ago 1,102 · +65.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of cattle today. Steers sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher and there was a really nice set of all black steers off grass, 3 loads in all, that sold for an average of 256.00 weighing 905 lbs. Heifers sold un-even with 700 to 800 lb. heifers selling 2.00 lower and 800 to 900 lb heifers selling 2.00 to 6.00 higher. The receipts were light to moderate with moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $284.52/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −152.19 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$284.52
92 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,567
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.11
vs KS average
−2.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536303.801,62742
Medium and Large 1-2564268.321,51250
One grade step is worth $35.47/cwt here — about $115 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale92 hd
284.52
—
KS average3 barns · 245 hd
291.63
−7.11
National average167 barns · 15,497 hd
286.82
−2.30
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
−152.19
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales
529479429378median 436.7103/0504/2307/2309/1010/29
Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.93, low $392.41, median $436.71 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

66 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy336380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2778
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1344355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2216
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2414320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3256
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1444338.50/cwt335.00–347.501,50328
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,4515
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524309.18/cwt307.00–315.001,62025
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned525275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4445
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned546305.50/cwt305.50–305.501,66810
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2546280.35/cwt274.00–285.001,53119
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned558280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5624
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6193
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584258.25/cwt242.00–265.001,50826
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned603245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,4806
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616282.48/cwt276.00–290.001,74036
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634254.27/cwt251.00–260.001,61220
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned635261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,6575
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned666264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,75817
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667255.50/cwt255.00–256.001,7046
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1682271.24/cwt258.00–274.501,85042
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2692215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4884
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,7714
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned722227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6396
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724254.82/cwt253.00–259.001,84513
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775254.25/cwt251.00–262.001,97017
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788245.50/cwt245.00–246.001,93512
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1834252.50/cwt244.00–254.752,106163
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1858243.80/cwt239.00–249.002,09217
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865232.51/cwt231.00–237.002,01120
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fancy905255.82/cwt253.50–257.502,315180
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1928237.24/cwt236.00–239.502,20298
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2929231.05/cwt231.00–231.502,14654
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2956217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,0755
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1968231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,236120
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,1145
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy348365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2709
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377315.86/cwt312.50–320.001,19115
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy420307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,2926
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422291.38/cwt290.00–300.001,23071
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,2053
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462269.77/cwt267.50–274.001,24624
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy489271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,32514
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517271.19/cwt268.00–275.001,40237
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518251.96/cwt248.00–254.001,30515
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned528239.70/cwt236.00–242.001,2668
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned548266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,45811
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned563256.91/cwt253.00–259.001,4469
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564265.75/cwt257.00–269.001,49928
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3545
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned597232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,3884
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned617238.64/cwt233.00–241.001,47210
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638252.96/cwt251.00–254.001,61455
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5263
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1679240.47/cwt238.00–242.001,6338
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy710248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,7617
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,61412
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1747233.08/cwt224.00–239.001,741100
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1778233.42/cwt225.00–241.001,81613
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2779222.58/cwt220.00–224.001,73414
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810231.92/cwt231.50–235.501,87967
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1883224.39/cwt224.00–229.001,98163
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1902213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,9218
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2398255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0154
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1400325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3003
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5233
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1507284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,4404
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1702224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,5724

This sale against other markets

Kansas weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.